Headlight Bulbs

[drc12369]

Well one of my headlights went yesterday. Thought i may as well upgrade while im at it so whats the correct part number for Osram night breakers anybody know?

[GOLF-MK3-GTI]

Well one of my headlights went yesterday. Thought i may as well upgrade while im at it so whats the correct part number for Osram night breakers anybody know?

road legal are 55w, does not make a difference if they blue tint

[thai-wronghorse]

You'll need either H1 or H4 depending on whether you have single or double chamber headlights.

[drc12369]

Not a clue mate. Its a standard 97 gti 8v?

[thai-wronghorse]

Well if it's still got the standard headlights fitted you'll be needing at least one pair of H1 bulbs for the dipped beams.

[DCmk3]

If they look like the lights in my sig, they're H1 if it has 4 individual bulbs, if it only has 2 bulbs, then it's H4.

[drc12369]

Yeah theyre original headlights like in the pic. The smaller section closer to the grill still workd, its the larger section headlamp which has gone. So 2 or 4 H1s will do the job yeah? I take it fittings a 2 second job like on my old honda, just clips n springs?

[thai-wronghorse]

Yep,  absolute doodle

[DCmk3]

Yeah, 1 bulb on each section, so 2 per light. It's just held by metal "clips" kind of thing.

[drc12369]

Got bored searching online so when i poped into a petrol station i just pulled the car over took the headlight apart took out what was a blown cheap non branded ancient looking h1, then just went inside and bought an osram 55w for £4. Clip clop sorted.